#Ice Museum

[thatshowthingstarted]

The Therianthropic statuette (Löwenmensch)

from the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave, Ca. 30,000-26,000 BCE.

31 centimetres tall.

Ccarved from mammoth ivory it stands as the oldest known example of figurative art.

Discovered in a cave in Germany, this enigmatic sculpture merges human and animal features in a way that challenges understanding—both hauntingly familiar and strikingly otherworldly.

It offers a profound glimpse into the creative genius of early humans, hinting at their capacity for imagination and symbolic thought.

Remarkably, the Lion-man predates the advent of known written language by more than 30,000 years. To put that in perspective, it is older than Stonehenge by tens of thousands of years.

This ancient artifact showcases an extraordinary leap in artistic expression, marking one of the earliest examples of humans conveying complex ideas long before written records existed.

Photograph by T. Stephan, Ulmer Museum.

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Mesolithic Harpoon Head, 4500 BCE, Stewartry Museum, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

This is a 6500 year old harpoon made from a Red Deer antler and found in the River Dee. It is of a similar type of harpoon to those found in Mesolithic caves or rock shelters near Oban. This piece has been carbon dated to around 4500 BCE.

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Portrait of Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (1886) by Georg von Rosen. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.

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The Holdovers (2023)

Dir. Alexander Payne

Language: English

[amnhnyc]

During the ice ages, between 2.6 million and 11,700 years ago, more than 50 different elephant relatives still roamed the globe—including mammoths and mastodons. But by the end of that period, extinctions had wiped out most giant mammals across the world. Today, only three elephant species remain: African savanna elephants, African forest elephants, and Asian elephants.

Learn more about proboscideans at the Museum’s upcoming exhibition: The Secret World of Elephants! Become a Member today, and see it before the public.

Image: © AMNH Library / Warren Mastodon by Charles Knight, circa 1908

[tentacledwizard]

Can you draw dirk strider eating a ice cream!!? :O3

hell yes i can!!

I call this one “strider devouring his ice cream sandwich.” There’s a lot of details I don’t really like, but I can fix it later. actually now that I think about it, your ask said “ice cream” rather than “ice cream sandwich” so now I want to draw Dirk getting a huge sundae and even bigger brain freeze. heheh

[lionofchaeronea]

Patches of Ice, Thorolf Holmboe, 1902

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Slime to student ratio

[thesilicontribesman]

20 Rim Fragments from a Decorated Bronze Tray. A row of small bronze water birds decorate the tray rim and pendants hang below, 800-600 BCE. Lezoux, Puy de-Dôme, France. Probably part of a wheeled tray or wagon, similar to the one from Lucera, Italy.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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[prolibytherium]

Iceland was so fucking cool btw

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there are only 2 outlooks on life 😂😂😂

[amnhnyc]

💎 Ice Cold: An Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry is now open! This show is curated by guest curator Vikki Tobak, and guest co-curators Kevin “Coach K” Lee, and Karam Gill. The advisory includes Slick Rick, LENNY S., Mandy Aragones, Timothy Anne Burnside, Tanisha Ford, Alex Moss, Peter Nice, and Bevy Smith.

✨ Shout out to Mr. Flower Fantastic and DJ Clark Kent for helping us kick off the opening of Ice Cold.

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[orangeindivdual]

Moon's lunch and a little treat

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a dinosaur in dimmadelphia

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